Prime Minister

Chapter 93

The carriage stopped far away in front of Zhang's house.

A woman in her forties got out of the carriage with the help of the old woman left and right.

"Miss, let Xu Da drive for a walk. You can see that the ground is full of potholes, there are muddy water ditches everywhere, and the fish and vegetables are rotten. This is the case in small places."

"I don't mind, what do you guys hate. Could it be that it took a while to park the carriage at the door of someone's house?" the woman reprimanded.

Another old woman said: "Miss, you are not in good shape yet, the wind is blowing by the stream."

To this old woman, the lady was more polite and said, "It's okay, just walk around more."

The woman looked at this cramped street, and many of the buildings along the street still had grass roofs, and she couldn't help sighing: "My sister's family is like this. If I don't come to see it, how can I bear it. What kind of glory, wealth, and wealth are you telling me to enter Beijing with peace of mind?"

A group of people left and right did not dare to speak.

Only Lao Duguan said in a low voice, "Miss, the old servant has to say something. Look at this market place, where the palm of your hand is big, no matter how big a person's heart is, he will be forced to be small."

"It's like someone who understands also knows that the eldest lady takes pity on him, but I'm afraid that someone who doesn't understand will say that our family owes him."

The woman glanced at the old man and said, "You can tell such unconscionable words."

The old man bowed his head and said, "The old slave is loyal to the eldest lady."

"What is loyalty and what is unfaithful, I can tell. If there is something the master dares not say to me, should the boss say it on his behalf?"

"Master Lang doesn't mean this, just want the eldest lady to go to Beijing for a family reunion as soon as possible."

"My ancestral home is Pucheng, and this is my home. I have my own measure of this matter. You wait here, except for Xu's mother, no one is allowed to come here."

Lao Duguan and several mothers hesitated for a while before saying, "Yes, eldest lady."

So the woman pushed open the fence gate, walked to the door and hesitated for a moment before reaching out and knocking on the door.

There is a different atmosphere in Zhang's house.

The Yu family was happy for Zhangqiu to join the clan, when Zhang Shi and Zhang Yue just had a quarrel and ignored each other.

Hearing the knock on the door, Zhangqiu trotted and opened the door.

I heard a voice outside the house excitedly say: "This is Xi'er! Don't be afraid, I'm your aunt!"

Hearing this, Zhang Shizhang Yueyu was surprised and rushed to the door.

But seeing the other party is already in tears.

Zhang Shi was taken aback and said: "Second Aunt, Mama Xu, why are you here? I'll wait to meet you. Why do you have to come all the way from Suzhou in person? It's all my fault... It's all my third brother's fault. immature."

Zhang Shi glanced at Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue...

"I don't blame the third brother," Yang shi stopped and said, "I want to go back to my hometown to have a look, but I am more timid when I am close to the hometown. When Xi'er was born, she would have kissed me..."

Zhang Shi hurriedly moved a chair for Yang.

Yang's eyes were full of unspeakable love and pity on Zhangqiu's body, but Zhangqiu ducked a little, and Yu said something.

"It's okay," Mrs Yang said after sitting down and taking a pair of dragon and phoenix jade pendants from Mother Xu behind her, "It's not too late to kiss from now on, Xi'er is a gift from your aunt to meet you."

Yu was in a wealthy family, and when he saw that the jade pendant was mutton fat, he said, "Second Aunt, this is really precious."

Mrs Yang said, "This is what my aunt gave to my nephew and grand-nephew. What's so precious, just accept it."

Yu said helplessly: "Xi'er, thank you auntie soon."

"Thank you auntie."

Holding Zhangqiu's hand, Mrs. Yang said, "Xi'er has bright eyes and must be a smart child. But the smarter the child is, the less able it is, otherwise it won't work. Do you hear, Xi'er, if your mother hits you, It's my aunt's idea, not for your own good, but to be able to read like your second uncle and third uncle."

Hearing this, Zhang Yue's heart moved, and Zhang Qiu put down the jade pendant he was playing with, nodded and said, "Xi'er knows that the third uncle said that the children of our Zhang family are all reading seeds."

"well said!"

Yang Shi couldn't help but be very happy.

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Yang looked at Zhang Shi and said, "I heard that all the shops on Chema Street have been burned, and the old house and the family's [-] acres of fields are gone?"

Zhang Shi said: "Yes, no, the shop of the Chema family was rebuilt like this and turned into a food shop."

"Where did the money come from?"

"The third brother raised it, and now it has been paid off. The business of the shop is not bad, and it can make dozens of net income a month."

Yang shi glanced at Zhang Yue and nodded, and then said to Zhang Shi: "Brothers share weal and woe, regenerate the family, this party is a good man of the Zhang family."

Zhang Shi remembered his gambling, and said with a look of shame, "Yes."

Hearing the difference, Yang raised his head and asked, "Why is it wrong?"

"Ashamed nephew, not as good as Eryi said."

Yang scrutinized Zhang Shi and said, "I always remember how you were ignorant at the beginning, but now you are the head of the family, and you can change your shortcomings. No one is born in the sky."

Yang's hand held his hand and said, "I've suffered for you all these years. Dalang must have made you suffer a lot of grievances."

Yu's eyes were red when she heard the words, and she whispered: "If you return to the second aunt, your niece will not be wronged."

"I said I'm not wronged," Yang said with tears in her eyes, "This woman goes from one house to another when she gets married, but as a wife of a family, how can you feel less angry? I swallowed all my tears and my heart, and I maintained the appearance of a family and everything going on outside."

After Yang finished speaking, Yu said with tears: "Second aunt said it is a big family, but my niece is a small family. Usually Shilang and uncle are considerate."

Yang shi said happily: "You are a good daughter-in-law, and it is a blessing for Dalang to marry you for several generations!"

Yu shed tears and said, "I don't dare to be my niece."

Zhang Yue saw it, this is not right, when the second aunt came home, it could be said that she had covered everything, praised one and trained the other, and completely isolated herself.

Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Yu talked for a while, and finally looked at Zhang Yue and said, "Third brother, come closer and let the second aunt take a good look at you."

Zhang Yue was reluctant, but he still took two steps forward involuntarily.

"Among the brothers, you and the second brother are the most similar. Now you are also a scholar. The last time you saw the second aunt, you didn't remember much, so it's inevitable that you have a relationship."

Zhang Yue reluctantly said: "Second aunt, how can you say anything."

Yang said: "Second aunt can see that you are an ambitious person. I heard that you didn't like to read before, but after the second brother left, you went to the village school, and you couldn't get enough to eat often, and you also served books for others. That day, the old man said that you got the talent by virtue of your second brother, but in fact, you passed the entrance exam with all-pass, and there is no reason not to take you anywhere."

"It's no wonder that you don't want to come to Suzhou, you have to fight for a breath!"

Zhang Yue heard mixed feelings in his heart.

"Of course it's good for a man to fight for a breath, but if you have anger in your heart, can you not blame your second brother, but only your second aunt?"

Zhang Yue said: "Why did the second aunt say this? Why should I blame the second aunt?"

Mrs Yang said: "It was your second aunt's idea to let the second brother leave the house. I lied to your second brother, saying that I was very ill in Yangzhou, and asked your second brother to come and see me, but I deliberately didn't tell your brother. .Your second brother regards me as a half mother, so..."

"Why is the second aunt like this?"

Yang sighed: "It's all about my selfishness. I don't want your uncle and I to save all the money that everyone's money is cheap. The little girl raised me. I'm sorry for your family from beginning to end."

In the Song Dynasty, concubine was called Xiaoniang.

Zhang Yue didn't know much about his uncle's family affairs, but he knew that when his second aunt married, he carried a lot of dowry.Later, the uncle became an official and took a concubine, and the concubine gave birth to another son, so there was no love for the second aunt, only awe.

Zhang Shi stomped and said, "What is this called?"

"At first, I thought it was my second brother who looked down on Zhao Yasi, but later I thought it was because I went to Suzhou to change my nationality to be admitted to the jinshi, and later became Zhao Yasi's daughter. Who's to blame? Who is at fault for this? It's confusing me."

Yu said in a low voice, "Shiro, stop talking."

Mother Xu, who was on the side, wiped away her tears silently and said: "Big brother, third brother, you can't blame the big lady so much, this time, the master has worshipped Fang Langzhong and entered Beijing as an official, and now his family has moved to Beijing. The eldest lady was also going to go to Beijing, but after learning of the old capital management's return, she left her husband and rushed to Fujian to find you.

Yang shi waved his hand and said, "I'm used to going south and north with the master, these journeys are nothing, and now that we finally meet, you can sit down and talk about the big things, third brother, you are willing to be with me, the second aunt. Are you going to Beijing?"

Zhang Yue looked at Zhang Shi, the Yu family.

Zhang Shi paced left and right, and then said: "Sanlang, since the second aunt's sincerity, you can go to Beijing with her."

Yu also said: "Second aunt treats us as a family, and Saburo will go with the second aunt."

Zhangqiu originally wanted to object, but seeing his parents say so, he had to stand by the side glumly.

Zhang Yue thought for a while and said, "Dare to ask the second aunt, what does my uncle have to say?"

When the second aunt heard the mention of her uncle, her face turned a little sullen, and then she said, "The second aunt in this family can still decide. Of course, your uncle is not too bad, just a little petty."

Zhang Yue nodded and said, "That's to make my uncle embarrassed. Second brother, do you have any words to say?"

The second aunt said: "Your second brother has been in Beijing for summer classes since he gave up the ranking. He didn't go back to Suzhou, so I didn't see him either."

"Then there should always be correspondence with Second Aunt!"

"That's true."

"Did you mention me and my brother?"

The second aunt said silently for a moment: "Third brother, I really can't lie to you, I really haven't. But the second aunt guarantees that your second brother is definitely not someone who doesn't think about brotherhood."

Zhang Yue said: "Maybe the second brother has some difficulties! I can save it."

"Three brothers..."

Zhang Yue had already stood up and saluted Mrs. Yang: "Second aunt has come from a long distance, and it was very unfortunate that my brother and I did not go out to greet him. Now that the second aunt has finally returned to his hometown, it is better to take a break. Let my brother and I serve you and let the family spend the New Year together."

"This……"

Xu's mother was about to speak, and the second aunt pressed the other side and said, "Alright, I haven't been home for a long time. Our Yang family's ancestral house has always been taken care of, just in time to remove the dust."

"As for whether to go to Beijing, please allow me to think about it."

(End of this chapter)